On Monday at 2.30am three thieves forced their way into an ice-cream store on Holmes Road in Southern River, stealing soft drink before leaving in the stolen Commodore.

Ten minutes later the same three forced their way into a pizza store on Nicholson Road, stealing keys for a business vehicle and driving the car through the front window of the store in an effort to remove a safe from its fittings, before again leaving in the stolen car.

At 3.30am, the thieves repeated the same process on a pizza store on Brushfoot Avenue in Success and were again unsuccessful, despite doing $100,000 damage to the store.

The offenders are described as having tanned skin and anyone who has seen the vehicle should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.